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Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Unpopular opinion but I just use Google Sheets instead, because most of my spreadsheet usage is due to work and my employer uses Google Workplace

121 phones wrapped in aluminum foils found in the luggage of a Romanian man who tried to smuggle them from Switzerland to Italy on a train. The phones were stolen on Street Parade in Zurich, 10 Aug in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I was at the Street Parade this year and a guy pretended to trip over me and put his hand on my pocket, fortunately I didn't have anything into that pocket and a friend and I tried to grab him but he managed to flee into the crowd.

‘It felt like bad news after bad news’: why record numbers are leaving New Zealand in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I left NZ a few years ago and one of my main reasons were the lower incomes and high cost of housing. It all came down to the fact that I couldn't even afford to rent a flat by my self, whereas right across the Tasman I could earn twice the salary and have a comparable if not lower cost of living.

Eventually I've ended up in Europe and I'm earning almost 4 times of what I was earning back home. I've considered coming back, bit the prospect of maybe never being able to own a home keeps me away.

Anon gets robbed in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 205 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Reminds me of a story a friend told me when I was traveling through South America.

My friend was walking home late at night and a guy from another country (forgot which, but it was obvious from his accent) asked him for money. This exchange of course happened in Spanish:

"I have an iron" "what does iron means in your country?" "by iron I mean knife" and pulls out a knife "oh, because here iron means this" and pulls out a gun.

Then the robber just ran away.

Pornstars: "yes we agree" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Hentai is the only ethical form of porn consumption

[discussion] The generation that complains about "participation trophy kids" is the same generation that made it impossible for kids to walk or bike to school in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

participation trophies are like a 100 years old concept, they also got them when they were kids

Got a semi-new ThinkPad E14 for less than €200 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Intel, I'll share the specs on the post

Got a semi-new ThinkPad E14 for less than €200 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

very big company, I was told they go through hundreds of laptops each quarter. Seems like keeping them in stock is more costly than selling them to the employees or sending them for recycling

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Got a semi-new ThinkPad E14 for less than €200 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi ThinkPad community, I just wanted to share this amazing amazing thing that brigthened my day. I hope this feel-good story also brightens your day too

I recently started a new job for a company that gives ThinkPads to all their employees. But since I started in Q4 last year I was given the "old" E14 gen4 model and the head of IT told me it was a shame I started before they got the new gen5 in stock so I had to stick with the old gen4 for at least 2 years before applying for a new laptop.

I told him it was alright, I really had no need for the newest hardware to do my job, but he told me that if they had some new spares by February he could put some strings and get me upgraded to a new one. I thanked him and told him not to worry about it.

Fast forward to this month and he let me know there were some brand new E14 gen5 in stock if I wanted to upgrade, I replied it wasn't really necessary but he insisted I "really really" wanted it. I decided to agree with him and submited a ticket requesting the new laptop.

Next day I got the new gen5 laptop and signed the paperwork for the handover of the old gen4.

"Now, since this is old stock it will be sent for recycling, however, since you were the last user you have first priority on buying it from the company

wink wink

How much would that be?

Well, after depreciation, tax deductions and (some finance gibberish I don't understand) ... about €200

I sent the request to the finance department as fast as I could and yesterday I got the confirmation that the amount would be deducted from my next paycheck.

edit: here are the specs

Intel i7-1255U / Iris Xe / 40 Gb RAM / 500 Gb SSD

Syncthing-friendly apps? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

No, never had an issue with Signal backups.

HP says I should have known its £399 laptop bargain was too good to be true in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I bought a laptop that came with a broken charger, I could easily test it myself as a friend also had an HP laptop with the same brick (this was before the days of USB C).

I tried to make a warranty claim and they wanted me to send the laptop too and wipe the HDD, the RMA process would take weeks on top of that.

I ended up buying a 3rd party charger, I'm sure their RMA process is overly long and convoluted to deter people from making warranty claims

Qualifying Highlights | 2023 Mexico Grand Prix in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

try watching the videos from the F1 channel without it.

sorry for the late response, I got locked out of my account